The
RIVER is a perfect metaphor of RENEWAL and INSPIRATION. Rivers
serve as the arteries of the earth, offering cleansing and sustenance
to
numerous lifeforms. They
form
fertile beds for the germination and growth of communities and
civilizations. Rivers
are ancient as the hills and never run dry - unless subjected to severe
environmental abuse.~We
speak
of “the river of the water of life” in our ecstatic visions of Heaven
on
Earth. The
River,
as a dynamo and a revitalizing playground of the spirit, aptly
embodies the
essence
of the Rainbow Tribe Community Arts Project known as MAGICK RIVER.In
directly
experienceable terms, the living energy of MAGICK RIVER expresses
itself in the perpetual dance of virginal WATER: the
symbol
of life, birth, joy, transformation, rebirth and healing.

The
word
“magick” relates to the power of the IMAGINATION - expressed through
a harmonious marriage of Intellect and Intuition. Magick denotes the
practical
fusion of Art,
Science,
and Spiritual Wisdom, evoking the alchemist’s symbolic quest: to
turn
lead into gold, transmute the base into the noble. MAGICK
is a fun word that suggests serendipity, spontaneity, creativity and
productivity
beyond all expectations.~MAGICK
RIVER is a rainbow alliance of individuals with diverse talents,
promoting ecospiritual
activities and community arts projects that involve an Orang Asli
(aboriginal)
tribe of
Peninsular
Malaysia, the Temuan - who for countless generations have guarded
the rainforests
and sacred sites of Pertak, Ulu Selangor, their ancestral home.

FREE
OUR RIVERS!

A
110-metre
(400 ft) reservoir dam has been built across the beautiful Selangor
River,flooding
600 hectares (1,500 acres) of rainforest, disrupting the Temuan's traditional
way of life, desecrating their sacred sites, and jeopardizing the
historic
town of Kuala Kubu Bharu.

Upstream
of the dam, the Selangor River and its tributariesare
still
as magnificent and wild as they have been for the last 500 million
years.Where
the
rivers are free to flow, the landscape still looks like Tolkien's
Rivendell. Where
the
waters have been impounded, it looks like a suburb of Saruman's
Isengard.Magick
River is part of a consciousness-raising movement to outlaw
ecologically
disastrous and
unnecessary
dam projects, and thus keep our rivers forever free.

Let's
bid a swift end to the evil age of ecocidal anthropocentrism
and patriarchal monotheism!

“art as awakened warriorship... art as a
dynamic
agent of planetary transformation... art as a foundation
for global peace...” -
José Argüelles

"Art
is a means of connecting two worlds, the visible and the invisible,the
physical and the spiritual. The area of our consciousness whereculture
has its roots lies in the uncontrolled mind of every individual:in
the moment when it is given space to make a creative leap.Artists,
scientists and spiritual masters alike have great respectfor
that particular faculty of our human potential. It is in therealisation
of each individual’s intuitive creativity thateverybody
would agree with the statement, everyone is an artist."- Louwrien
Wijers

“Culture
is shared meaning in which everybody participates.” - David
Böhm

“Our true capital is our creativity.” -
Joseph
Beuys

“He
then
showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal,
flowing
forth from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
and running through the middle
of the street,
and on this side and that side of the river, the tree
of life, bearing 12 kinds of fruit,
yielding its fruit every month.
And
the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.”- Revelation
22:1-2

"It's far too late for anything
but magick,as
the future is clearly up for
grabs."
- Antero Alli